Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Stoubora/Archive

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Stoubora created Draft:Hallfield School and Draft:Marval Software which were then created by Fashionista Princess: and JohnStannie:. SmartSE (talk) 12:20, 31 July 2017 (UTC)

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 * - There are some suspicious similarities in those recreations. Please compare these accounts. Thanks, GABgab 23:17, 31 July 2017 (UTC)
 * The following accounts are ✅ from each other:


 * Sleepers include:

Given the intricate nature of this apparent paid editing case, I thought you might be interested in taking a look at the account creations and interactions.-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 22:45, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * The way that these accounts are created, used, and intersect looks like a paid editing operation. As they edited solely through a webhost it's technically as to whether they are related to . -- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots  21:09, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks User:Ponyo. Somee sleepers are accounts used on commons to upload images and give the appearance that the claim of them being their own work is true. e.g. C:User_talk:JakeBoyz uploading image for Jake Boys. SmartSE (talk) 21:18, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * All blocked and tagged as socks of Stoubora. Case closed.  Vanjagenije  (talk)  22:42, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks User:Ponyo will do. Just finishing up on this case. This family has an interesting technique for adding spams links :-( Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 22:48, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes being discussed here at the COIN. As is typical of paid socks none of their first edits appear to be those of a new editor. As they will have blocked accounts that we simply have not connected these newer socks to yet I am happy to apply G5 in addition to G11 to those not worked on significantly by others. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 23:13, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Appears they have a habit of than editing the pages by IPs such as


 * These are accounts being used to upload the images


 * Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 23:33, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

At WP:OTRS ticket:2017090110013936 in September 2017 someone writes in saying that they paid money to this user in exchange for a Wikipedia article. After the wiki article was deleted the user/business ceased contact.  Blue Rasberry  (talk)  21:40, 20 October 2017 (UTC)